Cleaner.



H. E. HOOVER.

- CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9 1916- Patented May 22, 1917.

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' Specication of Letters Patent.

l@rig-inail application filed may 2B, 3.916, Serial lilo. 98,21%. filivided and. this application filed october 191%?. Serial l'l'o. l/. l

To @ZZ whom 'it may com/7cm.'

Be it known that l, HOWARD 'EARL Hoeven, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook end S1-tete of illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cleaners, of which the followln is a speciiication, this applicationY being di Mey eo, wie.

' My invention relates' to suction sweepere end particularly to what l have called a. converter device or a device whereby the apperatus which is commonly intended to be used on the door con be converted into e device adapted to loe used with 4a hose which een 'be a oplied to furniture, ortho lilre.' Y A My converter is particularly applicable to and intended for use with suction sweepers whereinr a power driven brush is used in proximity to the mouth.

lt Vis illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a bottom view of o vacuum my improvement attached;

Fi 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l with brush and carrying parts omitted;

Fig. 3 is a cross of Fig. l.

Like parte are indicated by the same letw ter in all oi' the gures.

A is the casing' having mouth mouth having the opening D of substantially the same area as the mouth of the casing. E is a bar and F a ledge which respectively border the mouth of the case. The an has an .enlarged or` depressed central portion G with an outlet pipe H adapted to receive the hose connection K. is e. washer strip which may be interposed, if desired between the pan and the easing wall about the mouth. At euch end of the pan is o.' projection L upon which is secured Toy the pivot l/l the cam N provided with a handle 0. The cam is cut away at P and thecase is provided with an outwardly projecting lugI Rf so that when the cam is 1n the position shown in Fig. l tlie pan is locked to the case. When the cam is turned so that the cut away portion is adjacent to the cesea then obviously the pan section on the line 3*.5

the opening or vided out of applicauts copending application, Serial No. 98,784-, led` walls or ceilings B. l C is the pan-like closure for the Y .of an opeumounted hood s0 that the cleaner can loe converted trema door cleaner into a wall or furniture cleaner.

S' is the brush with the bristles S1, and S29' S2 are guard Engels.- The pen, it will he cbserved7 is shaped so that it lies below the brush bristles so that when the brush is in position and particularly when it rotating the pan portion of the converter does not malte Contact with the brush bristles.

One object of'my invention is-"to provide simple means whereby a suction sweeper which contains a power driven brush may be quickly and easily converted from a iioor machine toa wall machine or the like without even stopping the .brush and without re moving the lorushv even though it he stopped.

lThe enlarged portion G pun and the pipe which leads therefrom are centrally disposed so as to maire the shore esty possible path from the hose to the dust outlet within the vcase and the enlargement tends to concentrate the air fiction at this point. This apparatus, in fact, has e per?, of the cose about the ends of the lirusli cut out of the line of cir travel.

Patented May 22,' l t. I

dust "and air-proof closurew which permits easy attachment ot tue nose et the Aconverter L It will loe understood, ofi course, the-t l do Y not wish to he limited ro ortion form and arran ement of the 7 several parte and that l wish my drawingsv IThe pan 'can he scoured to the casing `oyf any desired securing ineens.

T, T, are centering projections on the converter body or attached sired manner, and they serve, when the con*- verter is being inserted in placeto Tering the parts into proper relation. The downwardly projecting port G can he used ne a support for the apparatus.,une"` the hose connection piece risinfr above the bottom of this central portion G Keeps the hose from druggino upon the carpet or licor tlius in 'teriering with the action of the part as e. support.

l. ln a suction sweeper the combination having end pro jections with a converter device leaving een to the particular sin@ thereto ineny de tering pieces adapted to be received within the hood and ends projecting beyond the vhood,l and with interlocking devicesmounted'n said ends and adapted to engage said projections.

2. In a suction sweeper theV combination of an open mouthed hood with a converter provided with a downwardly projecting portion, a hose connection'arising from the- 10 downwardly projecting portlon at one side of the hood and from a point ahove the bottom of the downwardly projecting portion,

and means for detachably connectlng the converter to the hood month. In testimony whereof, I aiX my signature in the presence. of a witness this 22nd day of September, 1916.

HOWARD EARL HOOVER. Vitness:

MINNIE M. LINDENAU. 

